Middletown dedicates field to Cris Carter

'I couldn't have done it without you'

2:15 AM,
May 11, 2013

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Cris Carter, with tears and sweat on his face, watches the replay of his 1,000 career catch against the Detroit Lions in Minneapolis on Nov. 30, 2000. AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt

Written by

John Erardi
Cincinnati Enquirer

Five blocks from where he grew up, Cris Carter Field at Barnitz Stadium was dedicated on a warm, sea-blue sky of a day in a ceremony Tuesday afternoon that left many of the 250 people wondering how in the world Canton was going to top this.

The best moment of all - besides the former Middies' and Ohio State star Carter saying that his mother, Joyce, belonged in a Mother's Hall of Fame somewhere - is when a call went out for "anybody who coached or played with Cris to come up here," and a dozen men emerged in various states of work dress to join Carter on stage.